Breast form and brassiere



Oct. 7, 1941. s. DE JORIO BREAST FORM AND BRASSIERE Filed May 20/1956 2Sheets-Sheet 1 FIG. 1

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S. DE JORIO Oct. 7, 1941.

BREAST FORM AND BRASSIERE 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 20 FIG-.5

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Patented Oct. 7, 1941 nanasr roam AND naassrnan Stella De Jorio, LaCanada, Calif. Application Mano, 1936, Serial No. 80,799 3 Claims. (Cl.128-282) This invention relates to the art of a sanitary pads ordressings and has ;to do more particularly with a sanitary absorbentbreast form, to be used in conjunction with an impervious brassire.

An object of the present invention is to supplement a subnormal femalebreast after a breast amputation with an inexpensive sterile absorbentbreast form. This is accomplished by providing a bustform composed ofalternate layers of sterilized materials, such as cotton and cellulosefibers covered with a gauze or cloth sheath, whereby discharges from thebreast wound are conveyed to the body of the bust form by means of thecapillary action of cellulose fibers.

Another object of the invention is to protect the clothes of a nursingmother from overflowing milk ducts in the breast. and at the same timeallow such mother to easily gain access to the breast.

This is accomplished by providing a soft, nonsists of a harness 2 shapedto fit a female figure.

A pair of supporting shoulder straps 3 and 3' are adjustably fastened bymeans of a conventional button and buttonhole arrangement 4,conveniently located adjacent the shoulder of a wearer. Adjustable beltsand 5' are continuations of the straps 3 and 3', and secure the base ofthe brasslre firmly around the torso of the wearer. The brassire 2 is soconstructed that irritating concave breast form, composed of sterilizedcotton and cellulose fiber covered with a sheath of sterile gauge orthe'like, and a protective brassire made of a soft impervious materialsuch as softex. A trough in the brassire is adapted to receiveasupporting arm, integral with the pad, and thereby maintain such padand its complementary breast in relative proximity to each other. Anaperture is provided in the brassiere adjacent each breast pad and isopened or closed by means of a standard slide fastener. In this way awet pad may be removed with comparative ease.

Many other advantages will be apparent from the following detaileddescription when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings,wherein:

Fig. 1 is a rear elevation of the brassire of this invention.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation showing the brassire and a complementarysanitary absorbent breast Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing a preferredform of concave absorbent breast pad.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the brassire of this invention in placeon a female figure.

Fig. 5 is a back elevation of the brassire or harness of the inventionshowing the construction thereof. I

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of a female figure with the absorbent breastform in place.

Fig. 7 is a side elevation partly in cross section of an absorbentbreast form for use with an amputated breast.

Referring now to Fig. 1, the brassiere I conthe belts 5 and 5 areadapted to cross at the back of the wearer as shown in Fig. 5. Belt 5passes through an aperture 46 at the side of the brassiere 2 and isadiustably fastened at the front of the wearer in a conventional manner.Thus by adjusting the belts 5 and 5' an upward pressure is exerted uponbreast pockets 36 and 31, thereby elevating the breasts of a wearer andassisting the breast muscles in holding the breasts in a properposition.

A trough or pocket 6 is located at the base of the harness 2 and thefront of the harness 2 is arranged in the form of two breast pockets 36and 31. Each breast pad such as 1. An extended tongue 8 on the pad I isadapted to be received in the reservoir in the bottom of the trough 6,thus providing a firm support for pad 7 and preventing it from slippingout of place. This reservoir is formed by stitching, as indicated inFigure 3 and referred to by numeral 6, this separating the reservoirfrom the rest of the trough. A fiap 9 covers an aperture ID in thebreast pocket 36 of the brassiere or harness 2 and provides a bodyguardfor a conventional slide fastener H, which serves to open and closeaperture I 0 at will. The same arrangement is used for each breast as isshown in Fig. 4, wherein the second slide fastener I2 is used to closeaperture 38 (similar to aperture I 0) in the breast pocket 31.

Different types of sanitary breast pads are designed to be used inconjunction with this brassire, varied in shape according to the breastcondition that is to be corrected. Thus, where the device is being usedby a nursing mother to protect her clothes from excess flow from hermilk ducts, a pad such as 1, shown in Fig. 3, is used wherein the pad 1consists of a series of alternate layers of cellulose fiber andabsorbent cotton |ll5-l6-l1 pressed into 'a substantially concave coneshape to fit an enlarged breast. Pad I is covered with a notched gauzeor cheese cloth sheath l8, stitched to pad I, to form a tight fittingcover. The lower side IQ of pad i is thicker than the upper side 26 inorder to absorb pocket is adapted to receive a the wearer.

excess milk flowing downward toward the trough 8, as will be readilyunderstood.

In order to provide a greater amount of absorbent material where neededand also to ail'ord a firm support for the pad, an extension or pendantarm 8 is attached to the main body of pad 1 and is adapted to rest uponthe bottom of the trough 6 and prevent pad I from slipping when it is inposition. It will be seen that if pad 1 and extension 8 become saturatedany excess milk will be caught in the impervious trough 8, where it willnot be able to soil the wearer's clothing.

In the case of a wearer suffering from a diseased condition of thebreast and where there has been an amputation oi. the breast or breastsand discharges are likely to occur, a pad such as 22 Fig. 7 is used.This pad 22 is not only used to absorb discharges but also supplements ahuman figure such as 23, and preserves its contours as is shown in Fig.6. Pad 22 consists of a series of layers of absorbent cotton 2l--26283land 32, and alternate layers of cellulose fiber 25 2|29 and 30compressed into the shape of a human breast.

It must be understood that the pads are made invarious standard sizes toapproximate the, normal measurements of a wearer.

A sheet wadding covering 39 is used to cover pad 22 andserves as aframework upon which the alternate layers of absorbent material are 1stitched. A sterilized gauge covering 33 is suit- It will be seen thatpad 22 may be inserted and removed at will through apertures I and 38,and thus provide an easy method of keeping a sanitary dressing near adangerous breast condition where sterile dressings are absolutelynecessary.

It is to be understood that many diflerent combinations of diflerentsanitary materials may be used to form the pads without departing fromthe spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed as new and desiredto secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a garment, a breast receiving member and a trough, said troughadapted to be located below and in peripheral relation thereto, a padcomprising a plurality of alternate layers of absorbent and imperviousmaterial shaped to resemble an entire human breast, a reservoirdistinctly formed in said trough below the periphery or said breastreceiving member, an arm oi! absorbent material formed integral withsaid pad extending downwardly and adapted tobe received in saidreservoir, an aperture located in front and on each side of saidgarment, means for opening and closing said apertures, said meanspositioned in an are over the center of the pad. 7 r

2. In a garment, a breast receiving member and a trough, said troughadapted to be located below and in peripheral relation thereto, a padshaped to resemble an entireihumanbreast, a reservoir distinctly formedadjacent'said trough below the periphery of said breast receivingmember, an arm extending downwardly from said pad and adapted to bereceived in saidreservoir to receive the moisture from said pad.

, 3. In a garment of the class described having I and over said pads. v

. STELLA DE JOBIO.

